Brad Richards
by mdesarmo on Jul 2, 2011 1:30 PM EDT
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What makes people think that this will be any different? What happens when Gaborik goes out the 3rd week of the season with another groin injury?
Richards may be good...but statisticaly...he isnt even top 5. And certainly not worth 9 yrs. either theres something up with the cba or GM's have lost their mind.
This offseason has been flurried with overrated players being over paid with albatross contracts. Im sick and fucking tired of everyone bashing the islanders bc no one wants to come here. Last time I checked, We got burned by 1 free agent. Bc we dont need anybody but a top 4 defensemen. How good of a person could ehrhoff had been if he burned Vancouver like the fans did to their streets?
Screw the Rangers.
(this is on the cusp of a very heated argument amongst all my ranger fan friends...literaly too the point of being pissed at eachother) we take hockey seriously. I stick by the blue and orange
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we could start 2 threads for this topic:
one list for the A listers (or the B+ listers) that the Rags overpay for, and then another list for all the middle-of-the-road guys that they overpay for, like the Stephan Quintals, the Valerie Kamenskys, the Derek Boogards, etc.
what pisses me off more is when they actually get people to take these contracts off their hands (like Gomez), or they get out of them easily (like Drury). THAT annoys me more because it almost reinforces Sather’s idiocy by saying “go ahead, we’ll bail you out when it doesnt work for ya”
Wow.
What a fuckin shock.
Same shit, different year.
This is not 'Nam, Smokey. This is hockey. There are rules.
I'll agree this signing is highly likely to disappoint ranger fans.
-Richards is around the age where forwards start aging.
-Richards faced heavily sheltered competition last year to produce ~pt/gm, one of the weakest on the whole team: http://www.behindthenet.ca/nhl_statistics.php?ds=11&s=13&f1=2010_s&f2=5v5&f4=C+LW+RW&f5=DAL&c=0+1+3+5+11+12+13+14+15+16#
-Richards is signed till he’s 40yrs old
-Richards has a high cap hit of $6.667mil/yr
-Richards has had a couple pondering injuries over the last few years
-Richards isn’t much of a 2-way player at all anymore. He’s a 1-trick pony for the most part now.
-Is he going to be playing with as talented linemates in NY? (sans a 100% Gaborik, life ain’t gonna be easy street)
by OzzyFan on Jul 2, 2011 4:38 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Devil's advocate
He’s really good at putting up points and playing ice hockey.
Crazy would be NOT overanalyzing everything.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 3, 2011 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I really don't see the difference between this and any other overpayment the Rangers have ever made
The one thing that pisses me off is when “experts” and Ranger fans say that he is exactly what they need. That they need that prize free agent forward to make a great offensive team. That sentence can be used for every offseason since the lockout. When they had Jagr and Straka they were saying how if they had some top level centers they would win the cup. They got Drury and Gomez and they were busts. Then it was they needed a real sniper to break out of the pact in the East. They get Gaborik and he has 3 more goals than Moulson over two years for 4 times the cost. They said if Gaborik didnt get hurt they would have scored many more goal but forget to realize that he’s made of glass and has played 75 games or more 4 times in 10 years. Now they get Richards who has concussion problems to play in maybe the most physical divison in the NHL with the Pronger lead Flyers, Cooke Penguins and the thugish Islanders (just ask Mario). If they put Gaborik and Richards together they will face the MacDonalds, Prongers, Letangs, and Charas every shift with no other true offensive threat on the team.
by rockhouse15 on Jul 2, 2011 5:43 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Exactly
I have Ranger fan friends who actually know something about hockey, and I (almost) feel sorry for them because they’re constantly pulling their hair out over nonsense like this. How many offseasons can Sather and Dolan keep overpaying for the shiniest toy on the shelf?
This is not 'Nam, Smokey. This is hockey. There are rules.
How many?
As long as Dolan fills up those luxury boxes. He could careless if they win.
Delonte took his talents to Gloria
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Don't know how that winning thing is going
Over the last two years the Rangers and Knicks have spent almost if not more than 250 million in payroll and have a total of 1 playoff win.
by rockhouse15 on Jul 2, 2011 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I Liked When Richards Cited Rangers "Stable Ownership" as a Reason for Signing
I know he meant financially, but it’s still jarring hearing Jim Dolan and “stable” in the same sentence.
by rmblifn on Jul 3, 2011 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
that depends on which part of the stable you're referring to
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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To be truthfully honest, I couldn't give a shit
They severely overpaid for an aging center who has concussion problems. I think it’s hysterical. It won’t pay off. It’ll make them better next year, and maybe even the year after. By year 5, Ranger fans will be asking for Sather’s head, and I will find it extremely entertaining.
Just in case anyone forgot, this was a really weak free agent class, and that’s the only reason he was the top prize. In a stronger market, he’s a top signing, but nowhere near a prize. And until this year (since everyone knew going into the season he was gonna be the top prize of an incredibly weak free agent offseason) I hadn’t heard much about him at all since he won the Conn Smythe.
So anyway, tell your Rag fan friends that yeah it makes you better today, but tomorrow you’ll become a lynch mob with Glen Sather as the target, and we can all laugh together.
by sayvillelax94 on Jul 3, 2011 10:03 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
The Yankees have A-Rod...
And now the Rangers have “B-RICH” ! Priceless.
"Hating the Rangers since before I was born."
by Carl Rackie on Jul 3, 2011 1:14 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, B is definitely rich.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jul 3, 2011 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
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